Good Boy Gone Bad ❀ Jachary Havery [✓]

❀Zach❀

'i don't wanna die.
i sometimes wish i'd never been born at all.'

~bohemian rhapsody~
~queen~

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'you disgusting waste of space!' yelled josh as he whipped again.

'you've been stealing from us you ungrateful brat!' added myta.

'did you really think you could have gotten away with that?!'

they continued to verbally and physically abuse me. my skin felt like it was on fire as red hot blood oozed out from every crevice.

'stop!' i heard someone yell. 'leave him alone!'

'ha! and why would we do that?' sneered myta.

'he's done nothing wrong! he doesn't deserve this!' i heard the new person say.

'you don't know what this ungrateful piece of shit has done to us!'

'who are you anyway?!' added josh.

'someone who cares about zach,' the mystery person cooly responded.

i somehow managed to move my head to look at the newcomer. His form was all blurred and fuzzy but i could tell it was a man.

'yeah right! no one could ever care for this waste of space!' josh exclaimed as he raised his belt to whip me again.

i curled up into a ball, bracing myself for the excruciating pain that was about to come.

CRACK!

there was the sound of the belt making contact but...

no pain? that isn't right.

i cautiously opened my eyes and looked up.

above me was the man with the belt wrapped around his arm and josh struggling to get it back.

this tug-of-war only lasted a few moments before josh had lost possession of his belt.

fuming, myta yelled, 'what the hell do you think you're doing?! you better be putting that belt to good use boy or i'll beat your ass with my bare hands!'

without even thinking, the man brought the whip back and whipped myta and josh a few times.

they were both on the ground holding their injuries after the first one but the stranger wasn't satisfied.

'i'm only going to give you one chance to leave and never come back,' the man said, his voice full of venom.

myta looked convinced and was ready to bolt but josh wasn't as easy to persuade.

'or what?' he tested.

the stranger brought his arm back again as if he was going to whip them again.

he didn't even need to follow through with his threat before they were both out the door.

(i am really sorry for how shitty this chapter is so far. i'm literally writing this at 2 in the morning lol)

with a satisfied nod, the man turned to me.

what if he whips me too?! i thought as i coward away in fear.

'hey, zach,' the man said in a soft voice. 'it's ok. it's me. you're safe.

he gently placed a hand on my back.

'zach.'

'zach.'

his voice was getting quieter and quieter, almost like it was fading away.

'zach. zach. zach. zach! wake up!'

i gasped for air as i tried to escape the arms that were keeping me down.

'shhhh it's ok. you're ok. it was just a nightmare.'

jack. he was holding me by the waist, trying to keep me from running. he carefully rubbed my back and planted soft kisses on top of my head.

'it was just a nightmare. you're ok. you're safe,' he repeated as i caught my breath.

when i had finally calmed down, jack said, 'are you ok?'

tears stung my eyes as i thought about my dream again. i shook my head as a lump formed in my throat, preventing me from speaking.

'oh, baby. come here,' jack cooed as he opened his arms up wider.

i quickly buried my head into his chest as the tears started to fall again. jack wrapped his arms around me and started rocking me back and forth, soothing me.

'sshh it's going to be ok. i'm here. i won't let anything bad ever happen to you,' he whispered in my ear.

i moved closer to his body, trying to embrace this strange yet wonderful sense of security.

'th-thank you, jack,' i yawned.

'there's no need to thank me baby,' he said as he kissed my forehead. 'i'll always be here to protect you.'

i looked up at him and found him already looking down at me.

'p-promise?' i sniffled, doubting his sincerity.

'promise,' he said. i felt his hand move down my arm and grab my pinky. looking down i saw he had interlocked our pinkies. 'i pinky promise,' i heard him whisper above me.

i smiled and looked up at him again. I tightened my own grip on Jack's pinky and said, 'i pinky promise to always be there for you too.'

a smiled formed on jack's face as he leaned down and softly planted a kiss on my lips. i reciprocated the action, letting all my emotions pour into that one kiss.

'get some rest baby,' jack said, breaking off our kiss.

'ok,' i agreed with a yawn. i cuddled closer to jack and laid my head down on his chest.

i listened to the soft beating of his heart and allowed myself to believe that he would keep his promises.

hopefully, he would.

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sorry i haven't updated in like forever. i've been busy and i've been having some major writer's block. any idea that came to my mind was always around midnight which explains why this chapter is so shitty and probably makes no sense. Tbh, it's taken me three nights to write this because i had gotten too tired to finish it since, you know, i've been writing this at midnight lol. also, i'm just too lazy to go back and check to make sure this chapter's ok lol. plus if it's bad, i don't want to have to delete it then wait forever to come up with a new idea. sorry. i'm rambling. anyway tell me what you think will happen next!